Transport Minister instructs officials to expand services

COLOMBO (News 1st); Minister of Transport Pavithra Wanniarachchi has instructed officials to further expand the one-day services provided by the Department of Motor Traffic. Accordingly, she had instructed for services such as vehicle registration, issuance of driving licenses and transfer of vehicles to be further expanded, while participating in the special progress review meeting of the Department of Motor Traffic. Moreover, the Minister has also instructed to increase the amount of driving licenses that can be issued in a day, due to the long queues observed near the offices of the Department of Motor Traffic to obtain licenses. Meanwhile, 2,000 driving licenses, 1,500 vehicle transfer licenses and 1,200 vehicle registrations are issued daily through the Department of Motor Traffic. The Minister also instructed the officials to start issuing licenses online at the branch offices in all the Districts of the country.